Norman Alexander Robertson, (March 4, 1904 – July 16, 1968) was a Canadian diplomat and was one of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's advisers.
Background and early life
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was educated at the University of British Columbia and was a Rhodes Scholar attending Balliol College, Oxford.
In 1929 he started with the Department of External Affairs.
Senior diplomatic appointments
In 1941, he became Under Secretary of State for External Affairs.
From 1946 to 1949 and 1952 to 1957, he was Canadian High Commissioner in London, during which time he participated at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as Standard Bearer, and from 1957 to 1958 he was Canadian Ambassador in Washington, D.C.
Honours; death
In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. Robertson is buried at Maclaren Cemetery in Wakefield, Quebec. Robertson is buried at the same cemetery as fellow diplomats and friends Hume Wrong and Lester B. Pearson.
References
Further reading
Granatstein, J. L. A man of influence: Norman A. Robertson and Canadian statecraft, 1929-68 (1981) scholarly biography; online
External links
Norman Alexander Robertson at The Canadian Encyclopedia
1904 births
1968 deaths
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Ambassadors of Canada to the United States
Canadian Rhodes Scholars
Clerks of the Privy Council (Canada) Companions of the Order of Canada High Commissioners of Canada to the United Kingdom People from Vancouver University of British Columbia alumni